And some doctors go into medical research, either at a university or with a private company.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

Malashenko adds that shooting in Chechnya will not stop with the wave of a wand, or with a signature on a piece of paper, but Kadyrov will,nonetheless, try to show Moscow he can keep control of the republic with his own forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Students might go home to their families -- or spend a week partying on a warm beach with no parents around.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

The law will require Americans to have health insurance, with a few exceptions, or pay a fine starting in four years.

VOA: special.2010.03.26

Yet insurance usually costs too much for a farmer with as little as a hectare or two of land.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

Some people have a fifteen- or twenty-year loan, often with an adjustable interest rate instead of a rate that never changes.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

Now,for this business to work, we must be able to produce a charming widow, with or without the beauty, as advertised."

VOA: special.2010.04.24

She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one-half teaspoon, less salt per day.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

The tour of the farmhouse provides a sense of how the Frosts lived with no electricity or running water.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

But census officials are not permitted to ask about a person's legal status or share information with immigration enforcement officials.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

A farmer could save on wood or stone with a round design that needed less material than traditional barns.

VOA: special.2009.12.29

The book says the saying began because a competitor's face was cleaned with a cloth towel or other material.

VOA: special.2010.11.21

American children now spend an average of seven and a half hours a day watching television or playing with electronic devices.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

A doughnut is a round piece of fried dough with a hole in the middle or filled with cream or jelly.

VOA: special.2010.04.12